What are the worst golf swing tips out there?

[nvr3putt]

Personally, I think teaching an amateur to turn their hips by 45 degrees and their shoulder by 90 degrees can be truly detrimental especially to folks who are not flexible at all. This also engrains a false swing concept that power (from twisting their body) is stored at the top of the back swing. 

 

Interested to know everyone's pet peeves.

[Feelingofgreatness]

1/ keep your left heel down (righty) 

2/ keep your left arm straight in the back swing (righty) 

 

Unless you are <25, they lead to tension and restriction of turn. 

[glk]

All of them that don’t apply to the golfer at hand.

[tm3]

Pick a pro, any pro.

[dblinden]

1 hour ago, glk said:

All of them that don’t apply to the golfer at hand.

 

That's what I was going to say!

[khalespace]

Right after a bad swing. You lifted your head, keep it down.

Edited December 3, 2021 by khalespace

[SwingBlues]

Just now, khalespace said:

Right after a bad swing. You lifted your head, keep it down.

...here, have another beer 🍻

[Atlas415]

Learn to swing hard and as fast as possible as a beginner and don’t worry about where the ball goes, you can sort it out later after you get your swing ingrained. 

[kasting333]

Keep your head down

[jut111]

Keep your head down by a landslide. 

[Zitlow]

Lots of them but trying to keep your arms in front of your body during the entire swing is an energy killer. 

[liquorandpoker]

Any unsolicited on-course tips score a solid F-

 

During a round just do everyone a favor and keep your advice to yourself if not asked

 

[Nels55]

Keep your head down.

Keep your lead arm straight.

Keep your trail elbow in jammed against your side.

 

Hmmm...

Bend your knees!

Hit down on the ball!

 

 

[Scottbox]

Head down

Weight on the heels at setup

Get back to square-- what does that even mean?

Swing out to right field

Drop your right shoulder to start the downswing

slide your hips towards the target to start the downswing

Shift your weight

Hit down on the ball

Don't break your wrists-- again, I have no idea what that means.

 

 

[MPStrat]

On 12/3/2021 at 2:31 PM, glk said:

All of them that don’t apply to the golfer at hand.

This is it. To add, almost anything listed in this thread can be extremely valuable as a feel for the right player. There is almost no feel that is objectively right or wrong if given proper explanation and context. That’s the problem with swing tips. They are almost always taken out of context and the  “why” and “how” are never explained in detail. 

[Mitchell]

YouTube is a great place to pick up tips to improve your game 🤦‍♂️

[KD1]

"put your pants back on"

[liquorandpoker]

"From the top just turn through"

 

Welcome to OTT / pull / sliceville

[shoot4par]

On 12/3/2021 at 4:07 PM, SwingBlues said:

...here, have another beer 🍻

 

Agree but it's a great life tip. 

[PowerFade36]

High handicap here.

Why is Head Down a bad tip?

[MonteScheinblum]

1 minute ago, PowerFade36 said:

High handicap here.

Why is Head Down a bad tip?

The simple answer it’s not the root cause of the problem.  It’s the equivalent of holding your breath to stop coughing.

 

The intent to keep the head down usually makes things worse and I have yet to see anyone skull a chip or top a shot because they lifted their head.

[PowerFade36]

1 minute ago, MonteScheinblum said:

The simple answer it’s not the root cause of the problem.  It’s the equivalent of holding your breath to stop coughing.

 

The intent to keep the head down usually makes things worse and I have yet to see anyone skull a chip or top a shot because they lifted their head.

Thanks for this.

For topped shots, what are usually the root causes?

[MonteScheinblum]

Tips fall into three categories

 

1.  Universally unhelpful or bad long term. e.g. Keep your head down.  There are so many of these and the irony is, it’s most of the things spouted on driving ranges across the world.

2.  Tips that can be good or bad depending on the issue the golfer has.  e.g. Your left arm needs to come away from your chest to start the downswing.  Most good information falls in this category.  It has to apply to you.

3.  Long term, almost universally good for all golfers.  e.g. Pressure shift needs to happen before backswing is complete.

[MonteScheinblum]

8 minutes ago, PowerFade36 said:

Thanks for this.

For topped shots, what are usually the root causes?

Too many to list all of them.

 

Too bent over at address

Poor pressure shift

Shaft too vertical to start downswing

Staying down too much in backswing 

Rear shoulder dropping early or excessively

Firing lower body too early, too much, or the wrong way

 

That’s not close to comprehensive and no amount of keeping your head down is going to help any of these and likely to make a few of them worse.

[Soloman1]

Hit down to put more spin on a ball.

 

Single malt is better than blended.

[Duff Specialist]

"Stop early extensioning!

 

Oh thanks. Let me also cure my cancer while I'm at it

[DaveMc82]

Hit out to right field!

 

Its a pure recipe to get stuck inside, hit blocks and hooks, early extend, etc, etc. 

[Nard_S]

"Chip like you putt", is exactly why you stink & have zero green side chops.

 

"Golf is all right side". Another reason why you spray the ball everywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

[RichieHunt]

Keep your head down (any reiteration of that with the idea that you are not getting the ball airborne because your picked up your head)

 

In order to hit a draw, roll your wrists and forearms thru the ball.

 

Shorter swings are more accurate and consistent.

 

Have a flat spine at address.

 

Have a slow backswing.

 

 

 

 

 

RH

[NoTalentLefty]

Take the damn Depends out of your golf bag!